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I ordered mine before ever seeing one, but was still offered (and took) a test drive before signing the papers. It helps that I loved my 2012 V-Wagon. About 2 minutes in I felt right at home, and I knew I'd made the right decision!

Super helpful, thanks! I'm nearly certain that if I give this to a dealer they'll still romp on the car round the block and then just give it back to me with 'cannot reproduce', but it's the first concrete bit of info I've seen :)

Check out this thread as well: CT5-V - engine surge / "porpoising" The root cause seemed to be inconclusive. I only get this behavior when driving on one specific moderately bumpy mild downhill road in 2nd gear around the same 2000RPM rev range. This is normally on the way home from a spirited...

Definitely true for me - I was one of the guys that ordered a manual CTS-V wagon back in the day, loved it, and deeply regretted selling it. Some anecdotal proof that the 'halo' effect works: My wife's friend and her husband came to visit a couple of months ago and got a quick ride in the...

Yup - Panerai has been kinda up and down on that. I was in Florence on vacation a few years back so it felt remiss not to pick one up in the original Firenze San Giovanni boutique. I got a PAM658 and the movement's decently impressive - true GMT with a micro rotor, two spring barrels etc

I let my OnStar app lapse and I still get the monthly email with diagnostics... It does seem like a bit of a rip-off, if it was $5-$10/mo it would be a no-brainer! Side question: has anyone ever got OnStar crash service to activate on track? :LOL: I've always wondered whether track braking...

Excellent! For me, that's the Blackwing watch .... (y)

Absolutely respect that point of view, but from a converse point of view, you don't have to worry about flipping your watch upside down in a ditch when you're having a bit too much fun with it, or having it destroyed by an inattentive person futzing on their phone while on your commute. :LOL...

Those are some deep cuts... love it. For me, what came to mind first was not necessarily an American brand, but Brand with a really long history Kinda died after the 60's but came back in a big way in the early 2000's Really passionate fan base but sometimes looked down upon by Haute or...

With a gray or olive NATO, 🔥🔥 Please do post a pic of that one!

My money's on a 124270 or a 226570

Vintage Rolex is 🤤 ... but with anything recent, all people (present company excepted) seem to wanna talk about is how much it cost and how hard it was to get. Also with people getting beat down left right and center all over the world for them, showing them off kinda loses the allure...

I think it depends on how quickly they think they can move that car with the markup. I see you're in San Jose (Silicon Valley) so for Bay Area dealerships I'm fairly sure the answer last year was 'immediately' - so many RSU's and crypto proceeds burning holes in wallets... no room for negotiation.

Owned a 95B.1 (first gen) Macan GTS for 4 years before selling it to replace with a new daily driver ... the Blackwing! There was nothing wrong with the Macan per-se, it was fun to drive for a crossover. The handling on summer tires is supernatural. Corners flat and has more grip than you...

Hearing these kinds of stories is disappointing because the Blackwings are supposed to be 'halo cars' that lure people away from other brands and turn them into GM/Cadillac customers for life. It doesn't seem like an isolated incident either. It's not even like this is about the basic level of...

Poor Man's Daytona, safe for LA and SF!

Thanks for the info on this thread (and the other similar one). This question, for me, was filed under "want to know but too embarrassed to ask" I'm used to cars with a "one-dimensional" driver setting - i.e. going from Comfort through Sport to Track, where Track would be the only mode to...

Like everyone my age who grew up where I did, I've got a real soft spot for WRX's (especially blue with gold wheels ... going flat out) but man, what were they thinking! Just another opportunity to say that I really appreciate how restrained GM/Cadillac have been with our cars given what...

Tangentially - Interesting R&T article (rant?) on BMW: https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a42087296/we-arent-bmws-target-market-anymore/ You can tell that the vision for V/Blackwing was to pick up the 'ultimate drivers car' market that BMW seems to have abandoned. I hope GM sticks to...

100% - the first dealer I contacted strung me along and gave wildly inconsistent and occasionally fishy information about things like deposit and ADM, and would never directly answer the question about how many allocations they were expecting. I was perennially 'next in line', and it became...